fiction

The story pacing is really important if you want to keep a reader engaged. Especially if it’s a long story because that means you have to keep them engaged for…

As the heading says, I’ve booked a book editor! I’ve wanted to do this for a while, but never felt that my work was ready. Now, I think I do.…

Ahh, trashy reads… When life gets messy – or virus- and lockdown-ridden – a trashy read is equivalent to eating an entire chocolate bar. There may not be lots of…

If your first line isn’t a winner it can be a deal-breaker. So, in other words, either really good or really bad. I tend to write my blog posts off…

It’s the last day of November in The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Year… and I have not won NaNoWriMo. This month I’ve written 25k instead of 50k. However,…

Do you reread books? Replay games? A lot of people do, and I’m one of them. But what is it that brings us back to media we’ve already finished and…

The Shining by Stephen King is recognised as one of the best horror stories of all time. A family stranded in a hotel during winter, and the curious and unexplainable…

If you’re like me, you can sometimes find all the different titles given to separate parts of a book to be overwhelming. The story or knowledge is contained in the…

I’ve been attending more literary events this year and getting involved with the Melbourne writing community. Since attending YA Day 2019, I’ve got to know lots of writers and they’re…

My favourite genre is fantasy. I read a lot of fantasy growing up, probably due to looking for books similar to Harry Potter, and I still read a lot of…